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| the means by which you gather, organize, and evaluate the information your receive |
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| mental structures put together related bits of information |
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| allows you to go through certain communication transactions automatically |
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| a second and related perceptual challenge facing communicators is succumbing to the biased nature of perception. |
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| a third perceptual challenge that communicators deal with is resisting the undue influence of other people |
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| personal characteristics that are used to explain other people's behavior |
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| Interaction appearance theory |
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| helps explain how people change their attributions of someones physical appearance the more they interact |
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| fundamental attribution error |
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| explains our tendancy to overemphasize the internal and underestmate the external causes of behaviors we observe |
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| a form of nearsightedness grounded in the belief that one's own culture is appropriate and relevant in all situations and to all people |
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| the act of fitting individuals into an existing schema without adjusting the schema appropriatly; it involves organizing information about groups of people into categories so that you can generalize about their attitudes, behaviors, skills, morals, and habits |
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| a deep-seated feeling of unkindness and ill will toward particular groups usually based on negative stereotypes and feelings of superiourity over those groups |
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| your awareness and understanding of who you are |
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| we have tendency to internalize our admiration for film and TV stars, models, famous athletes, and political figures by comparing what we like about them to our self concept |
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| how one feels about oneself usually in a particular situation |
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| avility to predict actual success from self concetp and self esteem |
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| a prediction that causes an individual to alter his or her behavvior in a way that makes the prediction more likely to occur |
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| the feelings and thoughts you get when you know that you have negotiated a communication situation as well as you possibly could |
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| when you asses your communication competence as sufficient or acceptatble |
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| is criticizing or attacking yourself |
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| intentional communication designed to show elements of self strategice purpose |
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| your ability to watch your environment and others init for cues as to how to present yourself in particular situation |
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| when you reveal yourself to others by sharing info about yourself you engage |
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